Aerospace

Thales Alenia Space to build Koreasat-7 and Koreasat-5A satellites

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Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a contract with the Korean satellite service operator KT Sat, subsidiary of KT Corporation, to build two telecommunications satellites, Koreasat-7 and Koreasat-5A, winning the contract against an international field of competitors. The two satellites will provide Internet access, multimedia, broadcasting and fixed communications services. As program … Dowiedz się więcej

Europe’s final Automated Transfer Vehicle is assembled for its Arianespace Ariane 5 launch in 2014

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The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Arianespace’s next resupply mission to the International Space Station is standing tall at the Spaceport as preparations continue for its heavy-lift Ariane 5 launch on Flight VA219. This week’s activity in French Guiana included stacking of the ATV’s two primary components – its Integrated Cargo Carrier and the Service … Dowiedz się więcej

Parallel Ariane 5 and Soyuz mission campaigns keep Arianespace on track for a record year of launches

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The Spaceport is busy with launch campaign activity in support of Arianespace’s record 2014 mission pace, with parallel preparations now underway for three heavy-lift Ariane 5 flights, as well as another with the medium-lift Soyuz; all to be conducted from French Guiana. With the activity underway – and the four launches already performed since January, … Dowiedz się więcej

Orion Undergoes Simulation Of Intense Launch Vibrations

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Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and NASA engineers have verified that the Orion spacecraft successfully passed an important environmental test called Multi-Point Random Vibration Testing. This test shakes the spacecraft’s crew module to simulate the vibration it will experience during launch and ascent. Monitoring the spacecraft’s performance through environmental testing helps to ensure that Orion will … Dowiedz się więcej